SOLUTION: Consider the following statement. The product of 5 and a number is equal to 2 times the difference of the number and 3. What variable is appropriate? x (the value 3) x (the val

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Question 712335: Consider the following statement.
The product of 5 and a number is equal to 2 times the difference of the number and 3.
What variable is appropriate?
x (the value 3)
x (the value 2)
x (a known number)
x (the unknown number)
x (the value 5)
Translate the sentence into an equation.

Solve the equation for the variable x. Check the answer.
x =
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The product of 5 and a number x:5x
is equal to 2 times the difference of the number and 3:
2%28x-3%29;
What variable is appropriate?
x (the unknown number)

so, we have the equation 5x=2%28x-3%29 ...solve for x

5x=2x-6
5x-2x=-6
3x=-6
x=-6%2F3
highlight%28x=-2%29
check the answer:
5x=2%28x-3%29...plug in x
5%28-2%29=2%28-2-3%29
-10=2%28-5%29
-10=-10